Elslack Hall

{{Short description|Historic building in Elslack, England}}

File:Elslack Hall Cottage.jpg

Elslack Hall is a historic building in Elslack, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Today it has been subdivided into a farm house and cottage.

The building may be the successor of a manor house which Godfrey de Altaripa was granted a licence to crenellate in 1318. Remains of a moat are visible around the site, and there are a couple of lancet windows which may have been part of the mediaeval building.{{HERR|num=46267|desc=Elslack Hall|access-date=20 August 2024}} The oldest parts of the current house probably date from the 16th century. It was altered in the 18th century, and then suffered a fire in the late 19th century. As a result of the damage, the left rear wing was demolished, and the building was refronted. The house was grade II* listed in 1954.{{NHLE|num=1166963|desc=Elslack Hall Cottage with garden wall adjoining to north Elslack Hall Farmhouse|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes |access-date=20 August 2024}} It forms part of the Elslack Estate, which was put up for sale in 2016, with an asking price of £10 million.{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=£10 million price tag for Elslack Estate |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/14523313.10-million-price-tag-for-elslack-estate/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |work=Craven Herald |date=29 May 2016}}

The house is built of stone, with quoins and a stone slate roof, one gable with a crocketed finial. There are two storeys, two bays, and a cross-wing on the right. On the front is a two-storey porch and a round-headed doorway with impost blocks and voussoirs. The windows have double-chamferd mullions, and on the gabled end are two six-light windows, each light arched, with hood moulds. Attached to the cross-wing is a garden wall containing two rectangular bee boles with shelves.{{cite book| last =Leach| first =Peter| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | location =New Haven and London |isbn =978-0-300-12665-5}}

File:Great Barn, Elslack Hall.jpg

In front of the house is a great barn, which was constructed in 1672. It is built of stone with quoins and a stone slate roof. It is rectangular, long and narrow. The openings include a doorway with a chamfered surround, a doorway with a Tudor arch, two cart entries with chamfered surrounds and elliptical heads, and vents. Over one cart entry is a dated and initialled stone. It was grade II listed in 1954.{{NHLE|num=1316783|desc=Great Barn at Elslack Hall Farm|grade=II|fewer-links=yes|access-date=20 August 2024}}